Tanzania

ARTICLES ABOUT TANZANIA BY DATE - PAGE 5

* Three suspects arrested, two of them Kenyans * Poaching seen on the rise in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Tanzanian police have seized more than 200 elephant tusks hidden in a coffin and in fertiliser bags, pointing to rising poaching in the east African country, officials said on Wednesday. "This is the biggest seizure of elephant tusks in Dar es Salaam in recent history. The tusks were really big, which means that they were carefully picked for certain customers," regional police commander, Suleiman Kova, told Reuters.

* Religious tensions escalate * Tanzanian police on high alert * Separatist Islamist group leader seen alive By Drazen Jorgic and Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala STONE TOWN/DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Muslim protesters clashed with police in Tanzania's commercial capital and on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar on Friday, raising religious tensions in the east African country. In Dar es Salaam, protests against the arrest of a hardline Muslim cleric turned violent, while in Zanzibar, supporters of an Islamist separatist group have repeatedly fought police over the disappearance of their spiritual leader, who was then released after nearly four days in captivity.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday he is funding the expansion of a pilot maternal health program in Tanzania that is predicted to help 50,000 mothers and their children during the next three years. A woman dies every two minutes of pregnancy-related problems with 99 percent of such deaths in poor countries, according to the U.N. Population Fund. Common causes are bleeding after childbirth, high blood pressure, infections and unsafe abortions.

By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Tanzania could face growing unrest in the months ahead following a string of clashes between police and opposition supporters over their right to hold public demonstrations. Tensions between supporters of the main opposition CHADEMA party and police are rising, with activists accusing the government of denying citizens their fundamental freedoms. Following are the political risks to watch in the country.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has sacked the most senior official responsible for managing its wildlife and two others over the illegal export of more than 100 live animals and birds from the east African nation's game parks, local media reported on Tuesday. In a case likely to damage Tanzania's reputation for looking after its exotic wildlife - a lucrative draw for tourists - Obeid Mbangwa, the director of wildlife, and two subordinates have been accused of involvement in the smuggling of animals to Qatar in a military plane in November 2010.

* Tanzania had been accused of reflagging Iranian tankers * E.African country says was misled by Dubai-based agent * Iran hit by sanctions over its nuclear program By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Tanzania said a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country's knowledge and approval. Tanzania said it was now in the process of de-registering the vessels after an investigation into the origin of the ships concluded they were originally from Iran.